Arsenal v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink surprised me earlier on SSN, mentioning how weakened we were.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Talking of throw-ins,  from my corner of the world it looked like every Arsenal throw-in was a foul throw. Is that another rule that's changed or does it only apply to the Tarquins?

[Halfway to Moseley]

I feel a strange empathy with Spuds fans, putting up with those tossers as their rivals.

Almost as bad as what we have to deal with. Almost.

[dorsetvillian]

The Arsenal narrative and general pundits seem to think beating Villa means they are now favourites to win the League. It was a game they couldn't afford to get beat. Not because of Villa, but because of City. Nothing has changed in that regard. They still have to play away at City. They all know that City are still favourites.

[LukeJames]

They're that much of a joke that they had to manufacture an ultras section, I just find it impossible to take them seriously.

[dave.woodhall]

As I mentioned in my preview, if ever there was a club in the right place at the right time it was Arsenal. Nick Hornby started it, Islington became gentrified and as football got luvvier its residents discovered a ground they could walk to with a team whose manager was French and therefore off the scale of cool. Everywhere else has kicked back against football hipsters; Arsenal have industrialised them.

[TonyD]

They ended up with a 60,000 stadium devoid of any atmosphere. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Same as the other 60k stadiums in this country then.

[TonyD]

There’s is particularly bad as they have no real end with singing support.
I was at the 2.0 the season before last and considering they were top of the league they hardly sang or created a noise. 

[Villafirst]

Villa bossed the first half with a team ravaged by injury and suspensions. A full strength Villa team would've won in my opinion.

[LeonW]

^^ Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink surprised me earlier on SSN, mentioning how weakened we were.

You always have to say his full name. Just like Obafemi Martins. You can’t say ‘Jimmy Floyd’ or ‘Hasselbaink.’ It can only be Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

[ROBBO]

The commentator was nauseating, he glorified every goal they scored ranting that they were making a statement, not once did he mention how many players we were missing. Gone to the top of my dislike list even above the two Manc sides.

[Drummond]

Our first half performance was outstanding and we could/should have been ahead.

The scoreline is irrelevant because we weren't outclassed, we made some mistakes that they punished.

The first, Martinez should have been stronger.
Second wouldn't have happened if it had been McGinn instead of Sancho.

Pointless picking the bones out of the rest.

We are a damn good side with at least two of our better players returning on Saturday. This is a blip that gives us work to do to win the league....

[Dave]

^^ Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink surprised me earlier on SSN, mentioning how weakened we were.

You always have to say his full name. Just like Obafemi Martins. You can’t say ‘Jimmy Floyd’ or ‘Hasselbaink.’ It can only be Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Think it's the rule for players with either really long names like Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Or really short names like Ruel Fox.

[RamboandBruno]

We’ll beat Forest, they will beat Bournemouth, we’ll scrape a win at Palace, doing a Clark Kent in Superman II and they will draw with Liverpool. And the gap will be 4, no gap really.